E. & H.T. Anthony

Victor, Variation 1

Date Introduced: 1889 ; Years Manufactured: 1889-c. 1897
Construction: front and rear focus via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails); single swing; reversing by two tripod mounts
Materials: mahogany or circasian walnut body; mahogany or walnut base; black fabric bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 4x5; 4.25x6.5; 5x7; 5x8; 6.5x8.5; 8x10
Notes: could be had as just camera, or equipment: camera & canvas case & lens & tripod.  Variation 1, above, has brass hardware and a bulky spring back.  Variation 2 has nickeled hardware and a lower profile spring back.
References:
The International Annual Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, Vol. III, 1890-1891, p. 101
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, January 1891, p. 5-6 (equipment); 8-9(camera)
How to Make Photographs.  A Manual for Amateurs, C.T. Roche and H.T. Anthony, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, 1892, p. 14
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, September, 1894, p. 9-10(equipment); p. 12-13(camera)
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, January 1895, p. 9-10 (equipment); 12-13(camera)
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, NY, August, 1896, p. 12-13 (Victor Outfit, p. 9-10)
T.H. McCollin (Philadelphia, PA) Catalog, c. 1897, p. 43 (engraving)

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